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Eastleigh’s Lib Dem leader Keith House has told Eastleigh News he is ‘very sad’ over Chris Huhne’s resignation and has paid tribute to Huhne’s record as a constituency MP saying he had a ‘terrific reputation as a really hard-working member of parliament” Cllr House had spent hours in the town centre today conducting back-to-back...
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Chris Huhne has sensationally announced he is to resign as Eastleigh’s MP after pleading guilty to the charge of perverting the course of justice which he faces alongside his former wife Vicky Pryce. This means there will now be a by-election in Eastleigh to elect a new Member of Parliament. The Lib Dem –...
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Eastleigh’s Lib Dem MP Chris Huhne is to stand trial next Monday at Southwark Crown Court on charges of perverting the course of justice alongside his former wife Vicky Pryce. Mr Huhne – who has always maintained his innocence – pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charge that he persuaded his ex-wife to take his...
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Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne appeared in court in Reading yesterday in a pre-trial hearing over the allegation that he perverted the course of justice. The ex Cabinet Minister is charged with the offence along with ex-wife Vicky Pryce over allegations that he persuaded her to take his penalty points for a speeding offence...
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It has emerged that a potential prosecution witness in the Chris Huhne case was arrested by police over the weekend. The Times has reported that lawyer Constance Briscoe – who is one of Britain’s few female black judges and said to be a confidante of Huhne’s former wife Vicki Pryce – was arrested at...
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Eastleigh residents will be heaving a sigh of relief with the news that Chris Huhne, Eastleigh’s popular MP, will still be available to switch on the Town’s Christmas lights next month after a judge postponed his trial on charges of perverting the course of justice which were due to start this week. Huhne along...
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Natalie Bennett, the newly elected Green party leader, has said that Eastleigh Borough Council’s plans to build 1,300 houses on historic parkland “make no sense” and has urged local residents to oppose them. The party leader was visiting Green Party members in Southampton yesterday but took time out to see for herself the threatened land in...
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Natalie Bennett, the newly elected leader of the Green Party, will be in Eastleigh later today to meet campaigners fighting to save the Borough’s green spaces from development. Protestors from ‘Save Stoneham Park’ and the ‘Rescue the Rec’ groups will gather at historic Stoneham Park to tell Natalie Bennett how they believe the local...
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Saturday shoppers in Chris Huhne’s Eastleigh constituency were forced to dodge groups of political activists who have begun canvassing in anticipation of a possible by-election. The Lib Dem former Cabinet minister faces trial on charges on perverting the course of justice this week should a last ditch attempt today to have the case dismissed...
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Chris Huhne’s partner and former press officer Carina Trimingham has lost her harassment case against the Daily Mail in the High Court today. Ms Trimingham had alleged that a series of article and readers comments in published in the newspaper and associated website during the aftermath of Mr Huhne’s marriage breakup had repeatedly mocked...
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Eastleigh’s under fire MP Chris Huhne claimed nearly £10,000 in expenses for a survey on constituency boundary changes that could lead to him losing his seat the Daily Telegraph has reported. The Liberal Democrat MP, who recently resigned his cabinet post in order to defend charges of perverting the course of justice, initiated the...
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November 15 is the most likely date for a byelection Eastleigh News understands. An unconfirmed, but well placed source has revealed that an election, if needed, would be most likely held on the same day as voting for a new police commissioner. All three major parties agreed to the date last week. Eastleigh’s MP...
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Eastleigh’s Conservatives have been setting up a ‘secret’ campaign operations room, anticipating the possibility of a by-election campaign in the Eastleigh Constituency Eastleigh News has learnt from several sources. Over the last few weeks, the Conservatives have refurbished an office at the Southern Parishes Conservative Club in Hedge End, replacing old furniture, installing new equipment & phone...
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Ukip have not ruled out their charismatic leader Nigel Farage contesting Eastleigh should a by-election be called at short notice. There has been much speculation in the press over the weekend after Conservative party chair Baroness Warsi said the conservatives had targeted the seat and that she believed Lib Dem MP Chris Huhne –...
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Chris Huhne, Eastleigh’s media celebrity MP, has hit the headlines once again, just days before his court appearance to answer charges of perverting the course of justice – charges he is denying. A storm of protest broke out over the disclosure that the former cabinet minister, who had been obliged to withdraw from the...
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